METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION AND USER EQUIPMENT

• US 20160014749A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KANG, Ji Won, CHUN, Jin Young, KIM, Su Nam, IHM, Bin Chul, PARK, Sung Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,609,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/024 Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2656 for structure of frame, burst
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2626 Arrangements specific to the transmitter only
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0076 Allocation utility-based
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, antennas or antenna nodes spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance or more are configured to be able to transmit control information of mutually different user equipment groups, thereby increasing the efficiency in the operation of control channels. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a resource region for transmitting control information for an improved user equipment, which is a target of a multi-node cooperative transmission, is set differently from a resource region for transmitting control information for a legacy user equipment, thereby increasing the efficiency in the transmission of the control information for the improved user equipment.

Claims

1. A method of receiving, by a user equipment, downlink data, the method comprising:

decoding, by the user equipment, at least a first or second downlink control channel carrying downlink control information for the downlink data in a downlink subframe; and

receiving, by the user equipment, the downlink data for the user equipment in a data region of the downlink subframe based on the decoded downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink subframe is divided into a common control region and the data region in a time domain,

wherein the first downlink control channel is received in the common control region, and the second downlink control channel is received in a non-common control region configured within the data region, and

wherein the second downlink control channel is decoded using a demodulation reference signal associated with the second downlink control channel, the demodulation reference signal being received within the non-common control region.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, at least size information of the non-common control region, position information of the non-common control region, or information indicating a number of layers for the second downlink control channel.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the demodulation reference signal is received per layer of the second downlink control channel.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the non-common control region is configured:

on at least one physical resource block (PRB) among a plurality of PRBs of the downlink subframe.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, information indicating in which subframe the user equipment is to decode the second downlink control channel.

6. A user equipment for receiving downlink data, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver; and

a processor operatively connected to the receiver and configured to;

decode at least a first or second downlink control channel carrying downlink control information for the downlink data in a downlink subframe; and

control the receiver to receive the downlink data for the user equipment in a data region of the downlink subframe based on the decoded downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink subframe is divided into a common control region and the data region in a time domain,

wherein the first downlink control channel is received in the common control region, and the second downlink control channel is received in a non-common control region configured within the data region, and

wherein the second downlink control channel is decoded using a demodulation reference signal associated with the second downlink control channel, the demodulation reference signal being received within the non-common control region.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive at least size information of the non-common control region, position information of the non-common control region, or information indicating a number of layers for the second downlink control channel.

8. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the demodulation reference signal is received per layer of the second downlink control channel.

9. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the non-common control region is configured:

on at least one physical resource block (PRB) among a plurality of PRBs of the downlink subframe.

10. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive information indicating in which subframe the user equipment is to decode the second downlink control channel.

11. A method of transmitting, by a base station, downlink data, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, at least a first or second downlink control channel carrying downlink control information for the downlink data in a downlink subframe; and

transmitting, by the base station, the downlink data for a user equipment in a data region of the downlink subframe based on the transmitted downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink subframe is divided into a common control region and the data region in a time domain,

wherein the first downlink control channel is transmitted in the common control region and the second downlink control channel is transmitted in a non-common control region configured within the data region, and

wherein the second downlink control channel is transmitted with a demodulation reference signal associated with the second downlink control channel within the non-common control region.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, at least size information of the non-common control region, position information of the non-common control region, or information indicating a number of layers for the second downlink control channel.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the demodulation reference signal is transmitted per layer of the second downlink control channel.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the non-common control region is configured:

on at least one physical resource block (PRB) among a plurality of PRBs of the downlink subframe.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, information indicating in which subframe the user equipment is to decode the second downlink control channel.

16. A base station for transmitting downlink data, the base station comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor operatively connected to the transmitter and configured to;

control the transmitter to transmit at least a first or second downlink control channel carrying downlink control information for the downlink data in a downlink subframe; and

control the transmitter to transmit the downlink data for a user equipment in a data region of the downlink subframe based on the transmitted downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink subframe is divided into a common control region and the data region in a time domain,

wherein the first downlink control channel is transmitted in the common control region, and the second downlink control channel is transmitted in a non-common control region configured within the data region, and

wherein the processor is configured to control the transmitter to transmit a demodulation reference signal associated with the second downlink control channel within the non-common control region.

17. The base station according to claim 16, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit at least size information of the non-common control region, position information of the non-common control region, or information indicating a number of layers for the second downlink control channel.

18. The base station according to claim 16, wherein the demodulation reference signal is transmitted per layer of the second downlink control channel.

19. The base station according to claim 16, wherein the non-common control region is configured:

on at least one physical resource block (PRB) among a plurality of PRBs of the downlink subframe.

20. The base station according to claim 16, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit information indicating in which subframe the user equipment is to decode the second downlink control channel.